As was expected, a group of suited men and women came to pick up the pair, and led them to the car. There were only two cars, so as to not increase public suspicion, and they were differently colored.
After about a 25 minute drive, the two had arrived at the meeting location, taking place in an office in the CARDA federal headquarters. Once the two finally got to the office, the Director of CARDA, Darid Kamik and High Council member Pedram Dabiti were waiting.
Pedram begun by introducing himself, as did the Darid.
Then, Darid got to the point:
“Well, so, as you know, we are very excited to hopefully be able to contribute to the Mundus Skies Observatory Project. First, I’ll lay out the concept for the actual project, then Pedram can answer any of your questions regarding the diplomatic effects of the deal. So, as of now, we have one location in southeastern Soleimani which we believe is the best for the project. The location is in a relatively flat region that is near mountains and is at a decently high altitude relative to sea level. The area is also quite open allowing room for any required nearby facilities, and also allowing us to have a large quantity of radio telescopes. We personally believe you’ll approve of the location. As for the array itself we have plans for 30 18-meter wide radio telescopes. We understand that the costs of such an array would be high, and we are not sure exactly how keen the CSA is on paying for such an array, so, we have an idea. If urge CSA does not want to pay for 80% of the construction costs for the array, we’ll pay for 50% of the costs, but in return, we would want the array to be available to CARDA’s own team for 155 days per year instead of 90. If that is a deal that you are willing to agree on, then we’d like to proceed discussing about other aspects of the project, if not, we can adjust the plans for the deal.”